Auden Tate in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Florida State, 2015–⁠17

Auden Tate

Number
No. 18
Height
6′5″
Weight
225 lb
Hometown
Irmo, SC
Born
Feb 3, 1997

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Auden Tate played receiver at Florida State (2015–⁠17). The Cincinnati Bengals took Tate in round 7, No. 253 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
548
Receiving yards, 2017 (Florida State, 7–⁠6)
Drafted
No. 253
Round 7, 2018 NFL Draft (Cincinnati Bengals)

Career highs

9catches, career highvs. NC State, 2017138receiving yards, career highvs. NC State, 20173receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Southern Miss, 2017

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2016Florida State2540916.4639
2017Florida State4054813.71051
Career6595714.71651

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2015Florida State18WR
2016Florida State18WR
2017Florida State18WR6′5″225

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2016Florida State400.8489th (n=489)0.5233.76%
2017Florida State610.6673rd (n=507)0.5240.48%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2017 Florida State 12 games, 40 catches, 548 yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 2vs.AlabamaL 7–⁠24241138
Sep 23vs.NC StateL 21–⁠279138151
Sep 30atWake ForestW 26–⁠19247140
Oct 7vs.MiamiL 20–⁠24356121
Oct 14atDukeW 17–⁠10330120
Oct 21vs.LouisvilleL 28–⁠31562017
Oct 27atBoston CollegeL 3–⁠3521207
Nov 11atClemsonL 14–⁠31433010
Nov 18vs.Delaware StateW 77–⁠61313
Nov 25atFloridaW 38–⁠22219116
Dec 2vs.UL MonroeW 42–⁠10223014
Dec 27 ✦vs.Southern MissW 42–⁠13584326
2016 Florida State 10 games, 25 catches, 409 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 10vs.Charleston SouthernW 52–⁠8213112
Sep 17atLouisvilleL 20–⁠63232220
Sep 24atSouth FloridaW 55–⁠35139039
Oct 8atMiamiW 20–⁠19114014
Oct 15vs.Wake ForestW 17–⁠6220111
Oct 29vs.ClemsonL 34–⁠37123023
Nov 5atNC StateW 24–⁠20368038
Nov 11vs.Boston CollegeW 45–⁠76101228
Nov 19atSyracuseW 45–⁠14577018
Nov 26vs.FloridaW 31–⁠13222013

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2018Combine or pro day 2018
Height6′4⅞″
Weight228 lb
Arm length33¾″
Hand size9⅜″
Wingspan79¼″W
40-yard dash4.68 s
10-yard split1.51 s
Vertical jump31″
Broad jump9′4″
3-cone drill7.37 s
20-yard shuttle4.58 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 29 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2018Cincinnati Bengals54350
2019Cincinnati Bengals12405751
2020Cincinnati Bengals8141500
2021Cincinnati Bengals43391
NFL career29617992

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2024CFLCalgary Stampeders *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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